Amanda Carpo

Chief Legal Officer

Ms. Amanda Carpo is a Philippine
national educated at the University of the Philippines (B.A.
Political Science) and Ateneo de Manila University School of Law
(Juris Doctor), a practicing corporate tax lawyer in the
Philippines, and a former senior tax consultant for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Manila. Much of her work experience is
in international business transactions and Philippine inbound
investment. She was also involved in Knowledge Management for PWC
where she was directly responsible for updates on the latest laws,
jurisprudence, and issuances by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and
Department of Finance and assisted with technical training
sessions. She has provided legal and tax advice to investors
seeking assistance on market entry into the Philippines and
to those already doing business in the Philippines and has advised
with clientele that includes a broad range of multinationals,
publicly listed companies, local companies, government owned and
controlled companies. Early in her career Amanda apprenticed at
Romulo, Mabanta, Sayoc, and de los Angeles Law Firm and eventually
worked at Feria Feria laO Tantoco Law Firm, one of the Philippines'
most respected and experienced law firms where she worked on the
privatization of the National Power Corporation of the Philippines
which is to date the largest privatization project in the
Philippines.

Attorney Carpo eventually left the
traditional law firm environment to found Kittelson & Carpo
Consulting to focus on assisting foreign companies doing business
in the Philippines.

In addition to being the Legal
Counsel of KMC Realty, Amanda is a Partner of Kittelson & Carpo
Consulting and deals directly with their larger clients. She
has experience in business formation, corporate registration,
incentives availment, advice on tax issues in relation to inbound
investment, application of tax treaties, tax assessments and claims
for refund, immigration and labor issues for expatriate employees.
Her legal background and experience is relevant in the aspects of
commercial a and real estate law and helps clients gain insight on
the ins and outs of the Philippine business and regulatory
environment.